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than is usual in B. tulda. Arnott, in his MS. notes on Hamilton's grasses, says that 



880 lib. Ham., Wall. 5026 a, is " Beesha Bheedei ;" but that is certainly not the case in 

 the specimens of that number in "Wallich's herbarium in the possession of the Linnean 

 Society. Some of the specimens of this species from Calcutta are marked " B. strieta," 



and some " B. latifolia." 



3. B. nutans, Wallich, MS. in herb. 5031 ! Culmo inermi, subsolido, gracili, vix 



arboreo, tlorifero, interdum aphyllo, interdum ramis foliiferis floriferisque ex eodem 

 nodo ei'umpentibus ; panicula nutante, composita, rhachi nitida, glaberrima, ramis 

 plerumque brevibus, erectis, ssepe a basi dense spicatis ; spiculis dimorphis, in verti- 

 cillis approximatis dense glomeratis, plurimis sterilibus, gemmiparis, sub 10 lin. 

 longis, acutis, rhachillae articulis brevibus, subhirsutis, paucis fertilibus, 1^—2^ poll, 

 longis, rhachillae articulis longis, subglabris ; palea inferiore (spiculge fertilis) longe 

 acuminata, saepe 1 poll, longa, antherarum connectivo elongato; foliis plerumque 

 4-7 poll, longis, discoloribus, subtus pilosis et saepe canescentibus, vaginis plerumque 

 glabris, margine efimbriatis . 



epal, Nag- Arjoon, Wallich, Cat. 5031 ! Silhet (" Peechle Bans "),Da Costa in Wall. Cat. 

 5030 a! spiculis fertilibus evolutis; Khasia, no. 316 in Kew Mus.\ Griffith, spiculis fere omnibus 

 sterilibus, foliis subtus canescentibus ; Assam, Seebsagar (" Bidhooli Bans "), no. 945 ! (" Mukial 



Master 



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incolis), Thomson (folia), var. foliis latioribus et culmo fistuloso. 



V. s. 



Culrnus vix arboreus, foliiferus, subsolidus, in spec, a me visis gracilis, 1| lin. diametro, internodiis 4 poll. 



ramis 



aphyllis. Folia vix petiolata, lineari-lanceolata, apice attenuato-acuta, basi rotundata vel cuneata, 

 4-7 vel raro 9 poll, longa, 6-9 (raro 12-15) lin. lata, supra subfusca, uno latere marginibusque tactu 

 scabra, subtus pallida vel canescentia, pilosa vel raro glabra, nervis secundariis utroquc latere 4-6-9. 



mar 



collo biauriculata . aur 



fimbri 



ramis 



Panicula, in culmo florifero, vix expansa (pars superior 10-pedalis, internodiis 5-5 poll, longis, adest), 



basi floriferis, verticillis 

 12 lin. longis, rhachillfe 



bipaleaceis sed imperfectis. Spicuht 



emmiparis 



fertilis ] 



longis, glabris vel 



2£ poll, longa, nitida, 7-9-flora, flosculis hermaphroditis 3-5, rhachillae conspicuse articulis 



apice fimbriatis, palea inferiore longissime acuminata, interdum 1 poll, longa, 

 margine subglabra, intus hirsutiuscula, superiorem carinis ciliatam supcrante. Squamulm obtuse, 

 latae, longe cihatae, multinerves, subaequales. Stamina 6 vel rarissime 7!, connectivo elongato. Otxi- 

 num obovatum, stipitatum. Caryopsis oblonga, apice obtuso hirsuta. 



This may possibly be a mountain form of B. tulda ; but it appears to me to be a much 

 smaller plant, with a slender and nearly solid stem. The ligula is more extended, the 

 leaves generally whiter below, and the vagina, are never fringed on the margin ; tl 



paucity of fertile spicule is also remarkable. Griffith's herbarium contains a large 

 number of specimens ; but I have scarcely been able to find a dozen perfect spicule 

 amongst them. Wall. Cat. 5030 a exhibits a very perfect developed state ; 5030 b & c 

 are ordinary forms of B. tulda. Thomson says that bows are made in Sikkim from the 







